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NEW YORK — January 21, 2013 — Paradox
Interactive, a publisher of games and a host of forums dedicated to
those games, today announced that its official Paradox forums have
reached over 500,000 subscribers worldwide. To date, over half a
million loyal gamers have signed up to follow the news from Paradox
and get into heated conversations about robots, crusades, and
accidental wizard-based explosions. To celebrate this milestone,
five lucky forum subscribers will be awarded every game that
Paradox publishes – and will ever publish in the future. All
existing forum subscribers will also receive a little something in
their inboxes.

Paradox is also marking the occasion by offering those 500,000
gamers, plus millions more worldwide, an all-new web-based game
store, where players can buy the latest Paradox titles directly
from the publisher. The new store will offer a variety of
Paradox’s hits, such as Magicka, War of the Roses, Europa
Universalis III, and more. A sale to celebrate the opening of the
new store will offer customers a 55% discount on several selections
from Paradox’s catalog. To take advantage of the inaugural
offer, visit the official Paradox Interactive website at
www.paradoxplaza.com, choose
a game from the catalog, and click the "BUY" tab to procure a
digital copy.

“Since the early years when our fans would get together
and compare battle plans for our grand strategy games, our
community has been defined by their passion,” said Fredrik
Wester, CEO of Paradox Interactive. “We got our start in
strategy and those games continue to drive forum conversations,
whether they’re tearing us apart because of a few historical
liberties taken in Crusader Kings, or telling us they can’t
wait for some of our newer action titles like Dungeonland or The
Showdown Effect. Our sincere thanks to all 500,000 of you loyal
lunatics.”